News about The University

One more new Master Student at UCPH

NEW STAFF Mathilde Blume Sommer Nielsen started as Master Student in Associate Prof. Mette Nicolaisen's group. Read about her project here

Interdisciplinary Collaborations

ROCS Meeting Successfully Converges Ongoing Research and Solidifies Interdisciplinary Collaborations In December, the ROCS team met with close collaborators to discuss preliminary findings and continue to weave the…

Danmarks Geologipris goes to Globe researcher

The Geological Society of Denmark has awarded their annual ‘Denmark’s Geology Prize’ to Associate Professor Christian Mac Ørum Rasmussen from GeoBiology. Christian receives the award for his unique contribution to the…

Elite Research winner: “You shouldn’t count yourself out just because you don’t think you are quite there yet”

Today, newly appointed Professor Eline Lorenzen receives the Ministry of Higher Education and Science’s Elite Research Prize for her research in biodiversity and environmental changes and her capacity for…

Elite Research winner: “You shouldn’t count yourself out just because you don’t think you are quite there yet”

Today, newly appointed Professor Eline Lorenzen receives the Ministry of Higher Education and Science’s Elite Research Prize for her research in biodiversity and environmental changes and her capacity for…

Interactive workshop focused on intercultural dynamics in teaching and learning

CIP hosted a workshop on Intercultural Dynamics 27 January 2023 designed by Danish Network for Educational Development in Higher Education (DUN). Participants from UCPH, RUC, SDU, CBS and ITU were engaged in discussions…

Dan Zahavi to be Visiting Professor in Hong Kong

Professor Dan Zahavi will be Tang Chun-I Visiting Professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong in March 2023.

How many habitable planets are there in the Milky Way? A new project sets out to answer this question

Researchers from the Globe Institute want to know how many planets in our galaxy are habitable. Professor Anders Johansen has received just under DKK 20 million from the Carlsberg Foundation for the project.

New project examines Danes' views on other people's lifestyles

How do we rank different lifestyles? And to what extent do we discriminate against others based on their taste and interests?

The Power of International Collaboration: The Future Looks Bright

Researchers, policymakers and other stakeholders from the health research community in Tanzania and Denmark gathered at the BSU Scientific Symposium 2023 to celebrate and share their experiences and insights from the…

Denmark spearheading transformation of EU food system

The University of Copenhagen is leading a comprehensive new EU project, CLEVERFOOD, that will facilitate a society-wide mobilisation of European citizens to transform the European food system that benefits climate goals…

Major research project studies what it looks like when HIV and coronavirus proteins bind to medications

The way in which molecules interact forms the basis of life and treating illness. But what does it look like when a viral protein meets and binds to molecules like those found in medications? A new research project has…

Anna Kathrine Okholm joins CMP

Anna Kathrine joins the VAR2CSA team

ERC awards grant to counteract metabolic diseases

UCPH researcher Zach Gerhart-Hines from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences receives the prestigious European Research Council’s Consolidator Grant.

Jacklin Opoku joins CMP

Jacklin joins the EPITOPE team

CMEC researcher named Villum Young Investigator

Assistant Professor Naia Morueta-Holme, Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate (CMEC), Globe Institute, receives grant from VILLUM FONDEN.

Green breakthrough: New models calculate our impact on nature and climate

Economists from the University of Copenhagen have developed green models to calculate environmental and climate effects in Denmark's entire economy.

New research monograph: Not everyone can learn maths the same way

An international collection of new research focuses on how to address the major gateway of many technical educations – mathematics.

"I loved working all the time – from basic research to entrepreneurial work"

Emil Andersen is a PhD candidate at CBMR and is also the co-founder and chief scientific officer of ExSeed Health, which sells kits that allow men to test the quality of their sperm at home.

Kara-Lee Aves

Ph.D., Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen

Study uncovers widespread unethical practice for assigning authorships

A recently published survey study of PhD students reveals that an ethically questionable culture for assigning authorships to research papers is widespread within the medical and natural sciences across Europe

COBL DKK 5 million application approved by NNF

COBL and the Section of Global Health have secured funding for a two-year development project in partnership with three Indian partners

Feedback in online higher education

Feedback is increasingly considered a social and contextual process, rather than the simple transfer of information about student work

Podcast your Teaching

The biggest consumers of podcasts in Denmark are between 15 and 30 years old. Why do they listen? Primarily to acquire new knowledge. This is why COBL now offers a podcast workshop for all teachers at SUND.